THE NEGATIVE IMPACT OF UNILATERAL COERCIVE MEASURES ON HUMAN RIGHTS, DEVELOPMENT, COOPERATION, INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS A.Kh. <...> Abashidze The Department of International Law Law Institute of the Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia 6, Miklukho-Maklaya st., Moscow, Russia, 117198 This paper presents abstracts of Prof. <...> Abashidze’s speech at the International Seminar on the Impact of Economic and Financial Sanctions on the Enjoyment of Human Rights (Islamic Republic of Iran, Tehran, 15 December 2014). <...> The main conclusion, made by the author is the following: in frames of globalization, the more interrelatedness and interdependence of States, the unilateral application of coercive measures (sanctions) of economic and financial character by States or group of States and the consequences of these sanctions should be qualified as a factor undermining the pillars of the system of collective security based on the UN Charter. <...> Key words: unilateral sanctions, unilateral coercive measures, international law, human rights, violation of the UN Charter, Security Council. <...> Having a speech in my personal capacity, as a professor of public international law, including international human rights law, I would like first to stress the high professional level and comprehensive character of the Report on «The Negative Impacts of Economic and Financial Sanctions on the Full Enjoyment of Human Rights of People of the OIC Targeted Countries» [6], in spite of its childhood age. <...> This report includes the analysis of the main international acts on this issue and correct and clear international legal qualifications. <...> I would like to draw your attention to the aspects of the issue that are of a particular importance in the view of the peremptory norms of contemporary international law and major tendencies of the world’s development. <...> In frames of globalization, the more interrelatedness and interdependence of States and peoples, the unilateral application of sanctions of economic and financial character by States or group of States and the consequences of these sanctions should be considered as a factor undermining the pillars of the system of collective security based on the UN Charter. <...> Article 41 of the UN Charter says that the Security Council may decide itself what measures not involving the use of the armed force are to be employed to give effect to its decisions and it may call upon the Members of the United Nations to apply such measures. <...> This article strictly deals with cases <...>